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Sony A 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA Vario-Sonnar DT

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One of the attractions of the Sony system is availability of the superb Carl Zeiss zoom lenses. Famed for their excellent contrast and sharpness, these lenses have a different ‘look’ than the standard Sony zooms, with slightly different color and great clarity.

The 16-80mm provides an extremely useful focal length and is a superb ‘walk-around’ lens.

Only Works With: Sony crop sensor cameras such as the a58, a77, a77II.

Roger Cicala

President of LensRentals.com

A very nice, standard range walk-around lens. It is very sharp with excellent contrast and colors, like all of the Zeiss-Sony zooms. It does get a bit sharper stopped down 1 stop, but is certainly acceptable wide open. I really like the size of the lens, which makes it a great choice on a crop-frame camera for an everyday zoom.

Filter Size

72mm (nonrotating front element)

Aperture

f3.5-29

Length

3.4”

Diameter

2.9”

Weight

1.0 lb (without tripod collar)

Hood

1680Z

Minimum Focusing Distance

1.2 feet

Maximum Magnification

0.24x

Angle of view: (crop frame)

83 to 18.5 degrees

Zoom method

Barrel Extending

Image Stabilization

None

Focusing System

Internal, Full time active,

Aperture Blades

7, circular

Groups/Elements

10/14

Low Dispersion Elements

0

Aspherical Elements

2

Weather Resistant

No

Flare and Ghosting

minimal ghosting, minimal loss of contrast

System

Sony Alpha

Autofocus

Yes

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